McLaren Falls Tauranga

Has been ages since I took my camera with me for a walk. Went to McLaren Falls today for a walk round the Lake edge and park.  Cool wind blowing with  plenty of leaves now falling off the trees. Lots of toadstools growing on the ground as well.

hhhmmmmm  a close up view!

Bronze Whaler Sharks in Tauranga Reef

Not the best video in the world! even upside down.. LOL but a little clip of 2 sharks that hung around my little boat this weekend. I have to admit was getting scary as they rushed around on the surface -- shame as I didn't get any footage of that...way too busy looking and bringing in my Kingfish.. then a couple of minutes later one crashed in the side of the boat!
 I was bringing up another rat Kingfish and the sharks started to move incredibly fast/worked up trying to eat it, rushing under and around the boat in a bit of a frenzy... Next thing both sharks went for the Kingfish-- I pulled it quickly out of the way into the boat and one shark rose up - crashed into the side of the boat rocking/tipping the boat on a angle almost threw me and my brother off balance and over!  One of my fishing rods went overboard-- but was able to get it back...  FUN but SCARY

A Little Marco eating the last bit of Kingfish it stole

I ended up catching it a little bit later -- thankfully the hooks pulled at the side of the boat.

It’s the end of February

Today went for a walk at McLaren Falls and took a few photos…
A baby swan hitching a ride – a little Dragon Fly.

While I have no photos… on Saturday was out fishing with Richard my Brother– caught 5 Kingfish and then had a couple of massive sharks around the boat for a while.. one ended up crashing into the side of the boat as it was trying to eat my Kingfish!  Almost threw us out in the water!  A Little bit scary! 

Fun on the water in Tauranga

Lots of fun taking photos this morning from the Atomix.

Yea it's Christmas!

It's been a long year and with close to 4 weeks off I'm looking forward to the Christmas break and getting some fishing in. The weather is improving.. I got out fishing with my brother Dave yesterday at my spot. Lost a massive Kingfish!.. I'm still gutted.. the hooks pulled!. We managed to find a big school of fish on the sounder and drifted over it with Jigs landing 2 kingfish each but only 600 to 750cm in size.. but still good fun. Looking forward to some Trout Fishing at Lake Taupo.

Windy November inTauranga

Wow.. very windy at the waters edge today -- well the last few weeks have been the same! so have not done much boating. Took Ellie out for the afternoon as was her 4th Birthday and took some photos.

Atomix Boat

Lake Rotoiti Rotorua
What a fantastic day at the Lake today. No wind and sunny, a good day to give fishing a miss and go swiming. Went cruising around the Lake.. had a bbq lunch and lots of swims in the hot pools and lake. Lake was only 14 deg's but jumping out of the lake front hot pools straight in the cold water was so nice.

Close Up Snapper

Wow, a year has gone by pretty quickly! One year ago today when I brought the boat. Very pleased with it and caught a few good fish from it. Put Denise off fishing though as took her out in some really rough seas. Trouble is... Monday to Friday the weather is perfect for a small boat off shore and then it blows up in the weekend. Today we went out for a spin as been a while since I have been out.... picked up a few Kawahai and then did a bit of soft baiting for Snapper landing a good pan size of 47cm.

Fishing in the Atomix 420

Another very cold day on the water with Brad today.

Drove around looking for some work-ups… but we were either too late or too early as we passed heaps on Gannets sitting on the water and no fish apart from a very quick boil-up with Brad getting a small Kahawai.

Went to my spot but there was a boat right on it! That’s the trouble with GPS’s.. someone sees you catching fish and marks it and goes back another day!

Did manage to jig a few Gurnard and some good sized Kahawai… apart from the cold was a great day out